Salvation is from our side a choice,from the divine side it is a seizing upon,an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God.Our "accepting" and "willing" are reactions rather than actions.The right of determination must always remain with God.- Aiden Wilson Tozer

The world is perfect. It's a mess.It has always been a mess.We are not going to change it.Our job is to straighten out our own lives.- Joseph Campbell

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly,"one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."- Hans Christian Andersen

A good traveler has no fixed plans,and is not intent on arriving.- Lao Tzu

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.- Marianne Williamson

Every child comes with the messagethat God is not yet discouraged of man.- Rabindranath Tagore

You will not be punished for your anger,you will be punished by your anger.- The Buddha

Everything is a miracle,not just the beautiful and lovely things.- Anonymous

It's not the size of the dog in the fight,it's the size of the fight in the dog.- Mark Twain

Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth.Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet,"I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent."- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The beauty does not live out there;the beauty's in my eyes.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The ache for home lives in all of us,the safe place where we cango as we are and not be questioned.- Maya Angelou

Am I not destroying my enemieswhen I make friends of them?- Abraham Lincoln

Love is granting another the space to bethe way they are and the way they are not.- Werner Erhard

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,but by the moments that take our breath away.- Anonymous

To the people who love you,you are beautiful already.This is not because they'reblind to your shortcomingsbut because they so clearly see your soul.- Victoria Moran

Treat those who are good with goodness,and also treat those who are not good with goodness.Thus goodness is attained.Be honest to those who are honest,and be also honest to those who are not honest.Thus honesty is attained.- Lao Tzu

Trust in the Light.Darkness is not a force -it is merely the absence of light.Observe that when a light is brought to a dark place,the darkness disappears.Sadness is similar -when joy is brought to suffering,the sadness disappears.Open yourself to the Light!Hold back nothing,Trust in the Light.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The key to forgiveness is to forgive from the heart -not from the mind.- Sheri Rosenthal

We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past,but by the love we're not extending in the present.- Marianne Williamson

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,is not only a waste of energybut the worst habit you could possibly have.- Dale Carnegie

Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.- Erich Segal

Treat the earth well.It was not given to you by your parents,it was loaned to you by your children.We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,we borrow it from our Children.- Native American traditional

When dealing with people, remember you arenot dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.- Dale Carnegie

It all depends on how we look at things,and not how they are in themselves.- Carl Jung

Let parents bequeath to their childrennot riches, but the spirit of reverence.- Plato

Not everything that casts a long shadow is to be feared.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Do not blame the thistle that you see no beauty.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Imagine all the people living life in peace.You may say I'm a dreamer,but I'm not the only one.I hope someday you'll join us,and the world will be as one.- John Lennon

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.- George Eliot

Live life on the edge, not with an edge.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The worst sin toward our fellow creaturesis not to hate them,but to be indifferent to them:that's the essence of inhumanity.- George Bernard Shaw

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder,but it sure heats up the blood.- Elizabeth Ashley

"It's not that important,don't worry about it" is the answer,now what was the question?- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

It's not whether you get knocked down;it's whether you get back up.- Vince Lombardi

Life is NOT "Supposed to be Fair."Know that there is no single way that life is "supposed" to be.Demanding that life meet our expectationsis a sure fire recipe for a miserable existence.Life is a game with no rules.Life just happens to us regardless of our best intentions.Our only path to happiness lies in being opento receiving whatever life throws at us -with Gratitude. Have NO Expectations of life.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing,of just going along,listening to all the things you can't hear,and not bothering.- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)

Our lives are defined not by the challenges we encounter,but by how we respond to those challenges.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

One can not reflect in streaming water.Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.- Lao Tzu

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.- Henry David Thoreau

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girlis simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.- Albert Einstein

Do or do not, there is no try.- Jedi Master Yoda in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Love men and women not for their strengthbut their softness,not for their fullness but their hunger,not for their plenty but their need.- Anais Nin(paraphrase)

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depthuntil the hour of separation.- Khalil Gibran

It is not the easy or convenient lifefor which I search,but life lived to the edgeof all that I may be.- Mary Anne Radmacher

Do not follow where the path may lead.Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.- Ralph Waldo Emerson